THEME: Orange

10-October Themes 9 Responses »
Oct 062010

ISO100; f/8; 1/400; 100mm; 2:40pm (Canon SX10 on tripod) Cropped and adjusted in Aperture.

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ISO 100; f/8; 1/250; 15.5mm; 2:37pm (Canon SX10)

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I had my eye on this cactus for a few days before I finally took these photos (at end of September).  I decided the best time was the middle of the afternoon while the cactus blossom was still open.  Early morning the light was wrong and by the time the “evening glow” occurs, this bud is closed up tight.

I can’t believe its Oct 6th and I’m finally getting around to posting these!

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ONLY FOR A DAY

Extra 8 Responses »
Sep 152010

ISO 80; f/8; 1/160; 5mm; 10:57am (Canon SX10 in Super Macro mode on tripod)

Remember Lola and her cactus plants?  I just barely caught the last two blossoms on this squirrelly cactus.  It looks like it might have had 20 different blossoms on it over its blooming period, at least judging by how many dead flowers that Lola picked of this plant before giving it to me.  Yup!  That’s right.  This one and about half dozen others are mine now.  Lola flew back to live near her family in Iowa.  I am going to miss her… but at least I have some of her favorite cactus.

I should also mention that I’m still trying to figure out the best way to take macro photos with the SX10  – it has a “Super Macro” mode in which you are supposed to the hold the camera almost right up against the subject matter but because the lens is fully retracted to 5mm, it takes a wide angle view. I really don’t mind the outcome, but its never what I expect.  My other camera seems to do the digital macro better.  (Karen, what’s your experience with super macro mode?)

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THEME: Tiny

8-August Themes 5 Responses »
Sep 092010

ISO 80; f/5.7; 1/1000; 100mm; 7:24am (Canon SX10 on tripod)  Aperture preset: Public Enemies Opening Scene with saturation painted on the scorpion.

To be honest, I did not see this baby scorpion until I started looking at the pictures that I took this morning.  Wish I had noticed it because I could have worked on getting a cleaner photo of the this tiny, but dreaded creature.

I decided to use an August theme because none of the September  themes seems appropriate.

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THEME: (After the) Blossom

5-May Themes, Mini Assignment 5 Responses »
May 292010

ISO 80; F/4.5; 1/800; -0.67 ev; 23.8mm – no post processing.

This is my favorite from yesterday morning’s trials and errors.  The red is the fruit resulting from successful pollination of the blossom.

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THEME: Complex

5-May Themes 7 Responses »
May 262010

I have been working on this project since May 6th, which is one reason why I’m giving it the theme “complex.”  So many of the photos  were not working… I finally decided that the only way to catch the blossom was to drag my ladder over to the nearest Saguaro right after my morning coffee (o.k. light might have been better before coffee but I’m just not that fanatical, yet). I used the ladder first with the “old” camera and then again with the “new” camera.

Saguaro Cactii are actually quite complex even without me trying to photogragh them.

ISO 80; f/4; 1/800 13.7mm 8:54am May 15,2010
Canon SD950IS

Saguaro Cactus in Bloom at Tyson Wells

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